Inventors at Work, with Chapters on DiscoveryIles, George
History
Inventors at Work, with Chapters on Discovery
Iles, George
Inventions -- History; Inventors
Bookshelf laden and unladen, showing camber 36
Pin connecting parts of bridge 37
Bridge rollers in section and in plan 38
Girder sections in various forms 39
Rubber cylinders solid and hollow compared in sag 40
Handle bar of bicycle in steel tubing 40
A sulky in steel tubing 41
Pneumatic hammer in steel tubing 41
Fishing rod in steel tubing 41
Bridge of steel pipe 41
Arch bridge of steel pipe 42
Spiral fire-lighter 42
Spiral weld steel tube 42
Largest stone arch in the world, Plauen, Germany 43
Church of St. Remy, Rheims, France 43
Curve of suspended chain 44
Dam across Bear Valley, California 44
Ferguson locking-bar 45
Hand-hole plates, Erie City water-tube boiler 46
Bullock cart with solid wheels 47
Ball thrust collar bearings 48
Rigid bearings for axles of automobiles 48
Hyatt helical roller bearing. Ditto supporting an axle 49
Treads and risers of stairs joined by curves 49
Corner Madison Square Garden, New York 50
Two pipes with funnel-shaped junction 50
MODEL BASIN, U. S. NAVY, WASHINGTON, D. C. _facing_ 54
Viking Ship 56
Clipper ship “Young America” 58
Steamship Kaiser Wilhelm II 60
Cargo steamer 61
U. S. Torpedo-boat destroyer 62
Cross-sections of ships 63
Racing automobile. Wedge front and spokeless wheels 66
Bilgram skew gearing 67
Grain elevator 68
Robins conveying belt 68
Ewart detachable link belting 69
Curves of turbines 70
Steel vanes of windmill 70
Pelton water wheel and jet 71
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